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IRONING MACHINE.

No. 324,088. Patented Aug. 11, 1885. 0 J Zy/ 0 I h INVENTOR WITNESSES: A 4 4 ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS, Phnla-Lilhngmyher, Washington, D. C,

UNITED STATES FRANK CORBETT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

lRONlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,088, August 11, 1885.

Application filed July 3, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK OoRBnTT, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steam-Power Ironing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of my improved ironing machine, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation of the same taken through the line a: 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the upper part of one end of the frame, parts being broken away and others shown in section. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the same, partly in section.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the ironing of collars, cuffs, towels, tablecloths, and other articles.

The invention consists in certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Vith the end frames and the hollow journals of the upper roller are connected half-bearings attached to perforated plates, having loose plates between their upper ends, to which are swiveled crank-screws, and between which and the halfbearings are interposed springs, whereby the said upper roller can be readily adjusted to give any desired pressure to the goods.

The machine is provided with a guide, extending over the upper roller and projecting forward beneath the lower roller, whereby the goods passed between the rollers will be returned to the front of the machine, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents the end frames of the machine, which are connected by bars B, riveted or bolted to them.

0 D are two hollow metallic rollers, cast with tubular journals, and which are designed to be plated with tin, or other suitable material that wili not rust, and may be covered with several thicknesses of muslin, or other suitable cloth.

To thejournal of the lower roller, 0, at one end of the machine, is attached a pulley, E, to receive a belt from any convenient power.

- To the journals of the rollers C D, at one end of the machine, are connected the ends of a short tube, F, of rubber or other suitable material, by swiveled couplingsG, so that the said rollers will be free to revolve. With the other journals of the rollers O D are connected, by swiveled couplings G, tubes H, of rubber or other suitable materiah'for the entrance and escape of steam to heat the rollers. The other ends of the tubesH can be connected-with the steam-space of a boiler or other steam-generator. The journals of the lower roller, 0, re volve in stationary bearings in the end frames, A. The upper rollhas its trunnions journaled in movable bearing-frames. These.bearingframes are held and movable within the standards A, and have side plates, K K, provided in their lower ends with half-round bearings. Between these plates I secure by bolts, J, the block's I, which also have half-round bearings fitted on the opposite sides of the trunnions from the bearings in the plates K, and furnishinga complete bearing for such trunnion. The upper ends of plates K are connected by .bolts L. A plate, M, is fitted and movable vertically between the bolts L, and to its under side I secure, usually by rivets, as shown, a wider plate, N, which extendslaterally under the bolts L. Between these plates M N, I form a hole or bearing for the enlarged end of the adj usting-screw, presently described.

O are crank-screws, which pass through screw-holes in the cap-plates of the frames A, pass through holes in the centers of the plates M, and have enlarged ends P, attached to their lower ends, fitting into recesses formed to receive them in the adjacent faces of the plates 3 M N, so as to journal the said screws to the said plates. Between the plates N and the half-bearings I are placed rubber blocks Q or other suitable springs. Vith this construction by turning the crank-screws O in one direc- 5 tion the plates M N will be raised, and the plates N coming in contact with the bolts L will elevate the bearing-frames and with them the upper roller, D. By turning the crankscrews 0 in the other direction the plates M N will be forced downward, compressing the springs Q, so that any desired amount of pressure can be given to the cloth passing between the rollers C D. The roller D, it will be seen, may be pressed upward against the tension of the spring, because the upper end of the bearing-frame may be raised above the plates M N, as will be seen.

It is a guide formed, preferably, of a plate of blocletin or other suitable sheet metahwhich is curved to pass over the upper roller, D, pass down at the rear side of the two rollers, and project forward beneath the lower roller, 0, so as to return to the operator at the front of the machine the goods that have passed back between the said rollers. To the end edges of the guide It are soldered or otherwise secured end plates, S, which are provided with suitable openings for the trunnions of the rollers. On the lower forward edge of the guide R is formed or secured a flange or plate, T, which projects upwardly and forms a pocket to receive and prevent the goods from sliding off the said guide and falling to the floor in case the operator should not be ready to remove them as they are delivered at the loweredge of the guide R. If desired, two doors, It, can be formed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in the guide It in such positions that they can be opened inward to rest against the lower roller and guide the goods out at the rear side of the machine; or one of the doors R can'be opened and the other closed, so that collars and other articles that require to be passed several times through the machine can be passed through opposite the closed door R and delivered in front as many times as desired and then passed through opposite the open door and delivered at the rear side of the ma chine. It is for this purpose I prefer to employ two doors and arrange them laterally to each other, as shown in Fig. 1, by which c011- struction it will be seen articles may be passed simultaneously through the rollers, and one returned to the front and the other discharged at the rear by opening one of the doors and letting the other remain closed. It will also be seen that the doors are pivoted belowand in a plane between the vertical planes of the lower roller and the stop r of the guide against which the door rests when closed, by which arrangement the door will remain, of its own gravity, in either position to which it may be adjusted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the ironing-rolls, of the return-guide extended up on the rear side of the rolls to a point above the plane of contact thereof and having its lower end extended and inclined forward below such rollers, and a plate, T, projected upward from the forward lower edge of the guard, forming a pocket whereby to retain the ironed articles, substantially as set forth.

2. In an ironing-machine, the combination, with the end frames, A, and the hollow journals of the upper roller, D, of the half-bearings I, the perforated plates K, the swivelplates M N, the crank-screws O, and the springs Q, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said upper roller can be readily adjusted to give any desired pressure to the goods, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the ironing-rolls, of the return-guide having a plurality ofdoors R, arranged laterally to each other and capable of being independently operated, whereby articles passed simultaneously through the machine may be delivered one to the front of and the other discharged in the rear of the machine, substantially as set forth.

4. In an ironing-machine, the combination, with the lower roller and the guide having a doorway or opening and provided at the upper end of said opening with a stop, 1', of the door R, hinged at its lower edge to the lower edge of the opening in the guide and having its other edge adjustable against the stop r or against the lower roller, the hinge of said door being located in a vertical plane midway between those of the roller and the stop 1'. whereby it will remain by gravity in either of its adjustments, substantially as set forth.

FRANK CORBETT.

\Vitnesses:

J AMES T. GRAHAM, C. SnDewIoK. 

